Lip-stick holder



Nov. 18, 1930.

G. W. NELSON ET AL LIP YSTAICK HOLDER Filed Sept. 27, 1929 ammqs I Patented Nov. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES GORDON W. NELSON AND ALBERT F. CERES, JR, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA I LIP-STICK HOLDER Applicatlonfiled September 27, 1929. sci-m1 No. 895,603.

The present invention relates to new and useful Improvements in toilet articles, cos- -metics and the like, and it pertains moreparticularly to a means for applying lipsticks and similar forms of cosmetics. 'More s ecifically the invention relates to a lipstick holder, and among the objects of the invention are the provision of a simple and inexpensive holder for a rouge lipstlck by the use 1 of which the cosmetic may be kept in a sanitary condition, waste in its use avoided, and provision made for the application to the lips of the user without the aid of a mirror. One of the principal objects of the invention is the provision of a guard or guide to insure the even depositing and application of a line of rouge to thelips followingthe contour thereof.

Another object is the improvement of a lipstick holder utilizing such a guard or guide, as is disclosed in my prior Patent, No. 1,611,937, granted December 28th, 1926, by the provision of an improved feeding means for the cosmetic by means of which the cosmetic stick maybe projected from the holder for use, and retracted therein after use.-

Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

A referred form of the device is illustrate in the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference numerals are utilized to designate corresponding parts in each of the several views, and of which Fig. 1 is-a perspective view of the embodiment of the invention in a preferred form of holder;

Fig. 2 in an elevation of the end of the holder from which the cosmetic is used;

Fi 3 is a sectional elevation showing the relation of the several parts;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of an element or part of the device; Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

gig. 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 3; an

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the cosmetic carriage, showing in phantom, the mountingof the cosmetic. j Referrin more particularly to the drawings, it wil be seen that 10 designates a casing having a cylindrical portion 11 and the other end portion 12, preferably of generally oval configuration.

Mounted for rotary movement within the casing is a cylindrical tube or sleeve 13, open at one end and terminating at the other end in a turnable handle 14, which not only pro vides a means of operating the projecting and retracting mechanism, but also forms a closure for the casing 10 and sleeve 13.

This sleeve 13. has formed therein, a slot 15 in the form of a helix or spiral extending from end to end of thesleeve, to function as a cam surface, as hereinafter set forth.

Slidingly positioned within the sleeve 13 is a carriage or holder 16 in whichis frictionally, or otherwise, held a stick of rouge or suitable cosmetic 17. Thisholder 16 is provided with a pin or roller 18, of a length greater than the thickness of the wall of sleeve 13.

Extending along the inner surface of the casing 10 is a straight groove or slot 19. The wall of the casing is of a thickness sufiicient to contain a groove, which is thus concealed.

The parts are assembled by placing-the holder 16 inside the sleeve 13 with the pin or roll 18 extending through the spiral slot 15. This sleeve is mounted within the easing 10, the projecting end of pin-or roll 18 engaging the oove 19. i It will be obvious then, that if t e sleeve 13 is rotated relative to casing 10, by manipulation of knob 14, the ed s of slot 15 will cam against-the pin or re 18, which, being prevented from rotating in the casing by the straight, longi tudinal groove 19,wi11 produce a non-rotative longitudinal movement of the holder 16 relative to the casing 10.

The sleeve 13 is provided with a bead 'or shoulder adjacent the end of slot 15, as at 23, which bead serves to retain the sleeve in the casing yet permitting a rotary movement thereo This bead 23 may extend substantially around the sleeve 13 and may.

be seated in a matin groove in the casing 10, in which 'event t e spiral slot will be continued through the bead and to the end of the sleeve to permit pro ection of the holder 16, for refilling purp se If desirable,

a pair of oppositely disclosed abutments may abutments being in effect brief sections of the illustrated bead 23 and normally located in the casing seat out of alignment with the groove 19. In this event, it will not be neces sary to continue the spiral slot to the end of the sleeve or beyond the bead 23 as by merely rotating the knob 14 after the holder 16 has been fully retracted, the sleeve 13 will be revolved sufficiently within the casing 10 to bring one of the abutments into alignment with the groove 19 and the sleeve 13 with the holder 16 may be withdrawn rearwardly from the casing 10.

The casing is provided at the end opposite to knob 14, with a hinged closure 20, conforming to the shape of the casing and so hinged=to engage the body of the casing and thus limit outward movement of the closure.

When the device is to be used, the closure 20 is opened and the lipstick projected thereover a sufiicient distance from the end of the casing, for use, as shown in Fig. 1. Then the device is positioned with the end of the rouge bearing against the users lip and the inner face of the closure-bearing upon the outer flesh of the lip, to function as a guide or guard, whereupon by rubbing the lipstick longitudinally across the lip, while maintaining the described position, the desired application will be easily and quickly effected. The cosmetic will be distributed evenly and without waste and the customary making of spaced intersecting marks and subsequent rubbing is unnecessary. When the device is not in use, the cosmetic is retracted and the guard or closure closed thereby preventing dust and dirt from collecting on the cosmetic and also preventing the stick from rubbing upon the clothes or other objects.

The generally oval shape of the portion 12 not only permits of an easy formation of the proper shape to the closure 20, which preferably should be smaller at its outer end, than at its hinge, when used as a guide or guard, but also provides a means of preventing the casing 10 from rolling when laid down. or dropped.

,Having thus described ourinvention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Lettcrs Patent of the United States, is

1. A holder for rouge stick or the like comprising a casing having an open end and a closure therefor hinged to said casing, a rouge stick carrier within said casing, said closure effective when opened to form a guide or guard projecting longitudinally from the open end.

2. A holder for a rouge stick or the like comprising a casing having an open end and a closure therefor hinged to said casing, ef-vv fective when opened to form a guide or guard pro ecting longitudinally from the open end,

a rouge stick carrier within said casing, and means to feed said carrier toward the open end, thereby to project the stick over the guide or guard.

3. In a device of the character described, comprising an outer casing provided with a longitudinal groove in its inner surface, a tubular member mounted in said grooved casing and provided with a spiral slot, an article carrier mounted within said tubular member, and means carried by the article carrier and projecting through the spiral slot of the tubular member and into the straight groove of the outer member, whereby upon rotation of the tubular member the article carrier will be projected from the container.

4. As an article of manufacture, a container having a longitudinal slot along the inner wall thereof, a spirally slotted tubular member mounted within said grooved container and having one of its ends projected beyond the end of the container to provide means for rotating the tubular member within the container, anarticlecarrier mounted within the tubular member, and means on the article carrier projecting through the slot of the tubular member and into the groove of the container, whereby upon rotation of the tubular member the article carrier will be moved longitudinally of the tubular memher to project the article carried thereby from the end of the container.

5. As an article of manufacture, a container having an open end and a guide or guard extending therefrom and having a longitudinal groove along the inner wall thereof, a spirally slotted tubular member mounted within said groove container and having one of its ends projected beyond the end of the container to provide means for rotating the tubular member within the container, an article carrier mounted within the tubular member, and means on the article carrier projecting through the slot of the tubular member and into the groove of the container, whereby upon rotation of the tubular member the article carrier will be moved longitudinally of the tubular member to project the article carried thereby from the end of the container, over the guard or guide.

6. In a holder of the character described, a case, an article carrier in said case, relatively rotatable means within the case for advancing and retracting the carrier, closures for the end of the case, one of said closures being detachably engageable with the case and effective when open to provide a guard for the article, the other of said closures being rigidly engaged with the relatively rotatable carrier operating means, to provide a handle theresaid slot, a guide 'carried'by the casing fordirectingcthe carrier in a substantiall straight non-rotativemovement within t e casing upon rotation of the sleeve, andmeans for rotating thesleeve.

8; In a device of the character described, comprising an outer casing, an-inner sleeve and an article -carrier within said sleeve, means to rotate said sleeve, and meansto project said carrier from the casing with a substantially strai ht 'non-rotatlve movement upon rotation of the sleeve.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our signatures. v

- GORDON W. NELSON.

ALBERT F. CERES, JR. 

